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3 Best Chaos Themed Builds In POE 3.20

Mar 09, 2023

In this article, we are going to highlight three builds that use all the corrosive taint of chaos to leave a trail of bodies where they pass. 

1. Essence Drain

The first bit of our noxious selection is the Essence Drain Occultist with the Witch class.

Essence Drain is a skill that drains the life of your enemies and even restores your life by a percentage of the damage dealt. Since we can only use it on one enemy at a time, we also use Contagion to spread the damage, resulting in an amazing increase in clear speed.

POE Essence Drain

Pros

To list the pros of this build, I would start with how easy it is to play it. Just cast the Contagion Essence Drain combo and watch the whole screen of enemies melting before your eyes. 

This character is also very easy to put together because it doesn’t need any mandatory unique item.

Above all of that, it’s very safe to play. It has many defensive layers.

Cons

Now, to list the cons, the first thing that comes to my mind is the boss damage. Even though this is a very cheap build, you need to invest several Divine Orbs to have a big single target damage. 

But don’t worry too much about that. This build is meant as a red map farmer and it kills map bosses easily even on a low budget. 

Budget

As for budget, this build is very cheap. You can get the destroying early in game maps with only around 35 Chaos Orbs.

To comfortably advance to yellow maps, you need to invest around 100 Chaos Orbs.

And for easily completing your atlas, I recommend investing around four Divine Orbs. But you can totally do it with less.

Clear Speed

For clear speed, I’ll give this build 10 out of 10. 

When you get a high area of effect on your Contagion, you kill enemies way beyond your sight with only one cast.

Boss Damage

The boss damage on the other hand is a 7 out of 10. 

It will take longer than usual to kill Guardians and Pinnacle bosses. But you have no problems whatsoever with the regular ones.

Survivability

For the survivability, I’ll give it 9 out of 10. 

This build comes with over a 100,000 effective HP because of high armor, high evasion and spell suppression, max chaos resistance, amazing life regeneration and even a little of block chance.

2. Poisonous Concoction

Following, we have the Poisonous Concoction Pathfinder with the Ranger class.

Poisonous Concoction uses no weapons, instead it uses your Life Flask to inflict massive poisons on your enemies.

POE Poisonous Concoction

Pros

To list the pros of this build, I would start with how simple it is to level up. 

It gets really strong, fast and safer flow investment, making it a perfect build for beginners.

Cons

Now, to list the cons with the point that even though this is a cheap build, it can get really expensive to activate all auras. 

This is because you will need an enlightened gem to do so. But don’t worry, this is not mandatory at all. 

Budget

As for budget, you can get the destroying early in game maps with only around 85 Chaos Orbs.

To comfortably advance to yellow maps, you need to invest around 120 Chaos Orbs.

And for easily completing your atlas, I recommend investing around 4 Divine Orbs. But you can totally do it with less.

You only need one mandatory unique item for this build, the Devouring Diadem, which allows you to activate all auras and use your Energy Shield as Mana.

POE Devouring Diadem

Clear Speed

For clear speed, I would give it 9 out of 10. 

You are fast and throw many projectiles that poison enemies and cause the nearby ones who also get poisoned. It’s a great clear speed and very satisfying to watch.

Boss Damage

The boss damage is significant and deserves 9 out of 10. 

The projectiles can shotgun bosses for a lot of poison damage.

Survivability

For the survivability, I’ll give it 9 out of 10. 

This build comes with many defensive layers, such as high armor, high evasion, spell suppression and 50% chance to block attacks and spells. All of that grants this build over a 100,000 effective HP. 

3. Toxic Rain

Finally, we have the Toxic Rain Raider also with the Ranger class.

This build uses all the attack speed of Raider to deploy innumerous pods that drain the life out of your enemies.

POE Toxic Rain

Pros

To list the pros of this build, I would start with how easy it is to put together.

You don’t need any mandatory unique item, and the leveling is very simple.

This build is great for beginners because you end up having great clear speed, boss damage and survivability with low investments.

Cons

Now, to list the cons, the main issue of this build is mana. 

Since we’re dealing with damage over time to build, we cannot leech mana or life. Because of that issue, we need rare rings that reduce the mana cost of skills.

Budget

As per budget, you can get the destroying early in game maps with only around 100 Chaos Orbs.

To comfortably advance to yellow maps, you need to invest around 150 Chaos Orbs.

And for easily completing your atlas, I recommend investing around 4 Divine Orbs. But you can totally do it with less.

Clear Speed

For clear speed, this build gets 9 out of 10. 

As a Raider, you have a lot of movement and attack speed.

Also, you only need to deploy the pods once and they will drain surrounding the enemies and granting a smooth gameplay.

Boss Damage

For the boss damage, it also gets 9 out of 10. 

Combining your strength with Toxic Ring totems, bosses were just drowning in countless spots. Even the biggest ones are going to melt like butter before your eyes. 

Survivability

For this Survivability, I’ll give it 9 out of 10. 

This is because this build has high evasion, high armor and spell suppression. Above all of that, you can also use Toxic Rain from a safe distance and its pods heavily slow down enemies.

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